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Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-06-01

Place of Birth

Fukuoka, Japan

Koji Shiraishi

Biography

Koji Shiraishi (白石 晃士 Shiraishi Kōji) was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating from Kyushu Sangyo University with a degree in film making, he went on to work as an assistant director on such films as Gakuryū Ishii's August in the Water and Shinobu Yaguchi's WATER BOYS. He cites Gakuryū Ishii as his favorite Japanese director, and Ishii's 1980 Crazy Thunder Road as his favorite film. Other directors he admires include John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Abbas Kiarostami, and Sam Raimi, and films he enjoy include the original Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987), The Thing (1982), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Known for

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie

A movie version of the original video psychic documentary series that explores the relationship between the allegedly disaster-causing footage and the death of a man who saw it. On the morning of July 22, 2002, a body was discovered in an alley behind a busy Tokyo street. Although the police were able to identify the corpse as Hara, a man in his thirties, they were unable to discover any cause of death and foul play has been ruled out.

Welcome to the Occult Forest

Welcome to the Occult Forest

A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played by Kôji Shiraishi) and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.

Shirome

Shirome

In his latest film, Shirome, Stardust Promotion's relatively new pop idol unit Momoiro Clover star as a group of girls who enter an old abandoned school hoping to have their wishes granted by a spirit called Shirome. The girls initially had no clue they were being filmed for a movie at all. Instead, they were told that they were being filmed for an upcoming television show exploring haunted locations. The result is a faux documentary style in the same vein as "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity".

Ultra Violent People - Deluxe

Ultra Violent People - Deluxe

Extended version of Koji Shiraishi's Ultra Violent People from 2011 that adds Kudo from the "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series!

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2

Volume 2 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! After Koji Shiraishi watches a horrifying VHS tape, a mysterious woman calling herself 'Karame' calls him. Telling Shiraishi to "investigate Keisuke immediately". In addition, Karame sends Shiraishi a video clip showing Keisuke and Yuki entering Keisuke's room without permission and being filmed in secret. This incident prompts Shiraishi to start his own investigation.

Suicide Net

Suicide Net

The interview team, who went to talk to the mother of Mr. K, a high school girl who died in suicide, learns that she frequently wrote on suicide sites before Mr. K died. According to his mother who read the email left on the computer after Mr. K's death, Mr. K started to think about suicide by watching some kind of video on the Internet. According to the testimony of his friends, it seems that Mr. K's actions and remarks began to die at some point. What exactly is that video? We were able to contact the suicide applicants on the bulletin board of the suicide site and talk to those who have seen the video. It was the beginning of horror and fear...

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please

Horror film director Koji Shiraishi receives a video of a young couple, Keisuke and Yuki, filmed in a dimly lit abandoned building that is rumored to be haunted. As they proceeded deeper into the ruins, Yuki suddenly disappeared without a trace. Keisuke panics and Yuki is finally found, a black shadow with a terrifying atmosphere swirls behind her. With Yuki now holding an old VHS tape in her hand. This VHS tape contains a horrifying and hair-raising video that took place in an abandoned village.

Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School

Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School

A group of young women are being trapped inside an empty school while being stalked by a deranged killer.

Man in the Shop

Man in the Shop

A ghost of a violent man appears in a store, and confronts a psychic.

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1

Volume 1 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! Horror film director Koji Shiraishi receives a video of a young couple, Keisuke and Yuki, filmed in a dimly lit abandoned building that is rumored to be haunted. As they proceeded deeper into the ruins, Yuki suddenly disappeared without a trace. Keisuke panics and Yuki is finally found, a black shadow with a terrifying atmosphere swirls behind her. With Yuki now holding an old VHS tape in her hand. This VHS tape contains a horrifying and hair-raising video that took place in an abandoned village.

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing

Koji Shiraishi documents the editing and production of his short film "Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination". Included in the "Textbook of Fake Documentary" DVD.

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming

Koji Shiraishi documents the filming and production of his short film "Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination". Included in the "Textbook of Fake Documentary" DVD

She's Above the Clouds

She's Above the Clouds

A fantasy of love, friendship, death, and the afterlife, humorously depicted in an apartment room.

Violence Men

Violence Men

A faux-documentary that closely follows two maniacally violent people who rebel against the old traditions of their film studies club.

Occult

Occult

Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them.